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can pants in northwestern syria. people fled in the thousands we estimate around 12,000 said mainly because they were terrified of army and syrian intelligence service retaliation against them. the army and especially, especially the intelligence have a fearsome reputation it will give seen plenty of videos on arabic satellite tv about how they beat and tortured people and some were quite gruesome so people fled in fear and that is what happened in the town i visited up in the north in june. so we appreciate the role of the turks are pleading and my understanding now is that some refugees who went to turkey are beginning to trickle back into syria. they will be saved. the syrian red crescent has extended promises they will watch over people coming back into the there is not mistreatment. i think most of the refugees are still in turkey and some are around 8,000 still. so plenty of people are still afraid and don't trust their own government and syria. and the turkish rule on this has been i think very good, and we ap
can pants in northwestern syria. people fled in the thousands we estimate around 12,000 said mainly because they were terrified of army and syrian intelligence service retaliation against them. the army and especially, especially the intelligence have a fearsome reputation it will give seen plenty of videos on arabic satellite tv about how they beat and tortured people and some were quite gruesome so people fled in fear and that is what happened in the town i visited up in the north in june. so...
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, which campaigns in northwestern syria. people fled in the thousands, we estimate 12,000, fled mainly because they were terrified of army and intelligence service retaliation against them. the army and especially, and especially the intelligence services had a fearsome reputation and we have seen plenty of videos on arabic satellite tv how they beat and torture people, some of them grite gruesome. so we appreciate the role that the turks have played. my understanding now is that some refugees who went to turkey are beginning to trickle back into syria. they think they will be safe. the syrian red crescent has extended promises that they will watch over people coming back, that there is not mistreatment. i think most of the refugees are in turkey, somewhere around 8,000. plenty of people still afraid and don't trust their own government in syria, but the turkish role on this has been very good and we appreciate it. with respect, senator, your question more broadly about what can turkey do. turkey has a very, very important r
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she didn't even go to syria. she just relied on reports coming from syrian refugees in south turkey. >> sir, back in april you yourself said that no international commission needed to come to syria or was allowed to come to syria because your government was perfectly capable of being transparent around doing your own investigations. but that certainly does not seem to be true. >> no, no, no. absolutely. i am sticking to my words. and we are not talking about the commission coming from geneva. we have allowed after the presidential statement adopted by security council we have allowed a mission, a humanitarian mission from ocha. >> but back in april apparently you said you didn't need this. so now under pressure you're allowing some groups in. your president has been promising reforms from before he took power back in 2000, before the baath party congress in 2005 he was promising reforms. other than a few banking reforms there's been none. he's promising reforms months from now. why should anyone believe your pres
she didn't even go to syria. she just relied on reports coming from syrian refugees in south turkey. >> sir, back in april you yourself said that no international commission needed to come to syria or was allowed to come to syria because your government was perfectly capable of being transparent around doing your own investigations. but that certainly does not seem to be true. >> no, no, no. absolutely. i am sticking to my words. and we are not talking about the commission coming...
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she didn't even go to syria. she just relied on reports coming from syrian refugees in south turkey. >> sir, back in april you yourself said that no international commission needed to come to syria or was allowed to come to syria because your government was perfectly capable of being transparent around doing your own investigations. but that certainly does not seem to be true. >> no, no, no. absolutely. i am sticking to my words. and we are not talking about the commission coming from geneva. we have allowed after the presidential statement adopted by security council we have allowed a mission, a humanitarian mission from ocha. >> but back in april apparently you said you didn't need this. so now under pressure you're allowing some groups in. your president has been promising reforms from before he took power back in 2000, before the baath party congress in 2005 he was promising reforms. other than a few banking reforms there's been none. he's promising reforms months from now. why should anyone believe your pres
she didn't even go to syria. she just relied on reports coming from syrian refugees in south turkey. >> sir, back in april you yourself said that no international commission needed to come to syria or was allowed to come to syria because your government was perfectly capable of being transparent around doing your own investigations. but that certainly does not seem to be true. >> no, no, no. absolutely. i am sticking to my words. and we are not talking about the commission coming...
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so it's the same thing in syria now i'm not against any democratic movement in syria but i have to let you know a bit a lot of these parties like the muslim brotherhood is here they're not print them are christian and then ideological minority so when the media says people represent all of society that is absolutely very interesting and we have to say as always mighty terrorism rose from the center for research and globalization joining us live at the moment there in tripoli in libya thanks. for back to our top story now financial troubles pile up in both the euro zone where more bailouts look to be on the cards and across the ocean in the u.s. the world's largest economy has been saved from the brink by a last minute congress compromise to raise the country's debt limit for more let's now talk to economics journalist jeff madrick he's joining us live there in the states now silvio berlusconi says that italy has solid economic foundations but if the troubles do persist and if it does ask for a bailout could the eurozone survive that. well i think the eurozone is going to survive i thin
so it's the same thing in syria now i'm not against any democratic movement in syria but i have to let you know a bit a lot of these parties like the muslim brotherhood is here they're not print them are christian and then ideological minority so when the media says people represent all of society that is absolutely very interesting and we have to say as always mighty terrorism rose from the center for research and globalization joining us live at the moment there in tripoli in libya thanks....
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tell headquarters located on rights in the middle of this syria tell us a company. telephone company which was always why one of the cousins of the president and the protesters expressed their hatred towards the regime by looting the place and then burning it violence returned to vote again just a couple of weeks ago claiming more than thirty lives antigovernment protests broke out in the sunni part of the city officials said they were battling with armed groups which they say have infiltrated the area now what's the story here the story goes according to the protesters according to the opposition answer majority of the main western media sources is that there were warships stationed right here in this bay and they were shelling the sunni part of the town which is all along the coastline right over there and in the middle of that part of the town is the palestinian camp but you have to keep in mind that according to the u.s. administration who are obviously wanted to in this situation there were no warships stationed in this debate on the seventeenth of august or ea
tell headquarters located on rights in the middle of this syria tell us a company. telephone company which was always why one of the cousins of the president and the protesters expressed their hatred towards the regime by looting the place and then burning it violence returned to vote again just a couple of weeks ago claiming more than thirty lives antigovernment protests broke out in the sunni part of the city officials said they were battling with armed groups which they say have infiltrated...
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upon his return to syria, he was missing. his wife contacted the authorities who confirmed that he was in their custody but would be released shortly. the next day, sacor's wife and daughter were interviewed by the authorities who again confirmed that he would be released. two days later, his body was discovered in a village 20 miles south of the area. the authorities then denied that he was ever in their custody and claimed that they found his body in a ditch by the side of the road. sacor's body was subjected to brutal torture. his bones were broken and his body was mutilated in unspeakable ways. sacor was not a political activist. he was not involved in the demonstrations. his sole offense appears to be his visit to the medical conference and his visit with his brother in united states of america. we honor his memory, sacor's memory, and hundreds of others by calling for democratic change in syria. we know that our allies across the arab league and in turkey, as i raised before in the first panel, have a unique and critica
upon his return to syria, he was missing. his wife contacted the authorities who confirmed that he was in their custody but would be released shortly. the next day, sacor's wife and daughter were interviewed by the authorities who again confirmed that he would be released. two days later, his body was discovered in a village 20 miles south of the area. the authorities then denied that he was ever in their custody and claimed that they found his body in a ditch by the side of the road. sacor's...
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syria -- i am certain that the opposition forces are in syria and yemen are going to be very much encouraged by what happened in libya. because, as i said, there is more than one way to overturn our regime. i think there was a pattern emerging that whereas it could happen peacefully and quickly in egypt and tunisia, then it can just not work. the libyans have shown that with some help they were able to overcome the regime. that does not mean things are going to be easy going forward. libya does not look like a perfect scenario, but it does create another model. already we are seeing things devolving a bit into what will be an armed conflict. is not clear whether things will go that route in syria. but it is a possibility. is a possibility in deed that the divisions of the syrian army will begin fighting each other. there is this fourth division that is close to come up -- close to the president's brother and is expected to remain largely loyal to him. we could see the syrian conflict, which has been going on for a long time and slowly spreading, becoming more divided, and i think that will r
syria -- i am certain that the opposition forces are in syria and yemen are going to be very much encouraged by what happened in libya. because, as i said, there is more than one way to overturn our regime. i think there was a pattern emerging that whereas it could happen peacefully and quickly in egypt and tunisia, then it can just not work. the libyans have shown that with some help they were able to overcome the regime. that does not mean things are going to be easy going forward. libya does...
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for syria's religious minorities are under threat. protests in syria start out with political slogans. and violence breaks out people come to blows over issues of faith not politics. with more than four thousand years of history damascus like the rest of syria has been home to multiple faith for centuries but with an increasing political unrest many are starting to wonder whether this could upset the delicate balance of religious tolerance in the country for now who is enjoying the quiet comfort of her home like most christians in a country it's a life she's been used to since her childhood i was growing up in a place with christians jews muslims and everyone got along just fine and still do actually but it's not like this everywhere more than seventy percent of syrian population are muslim and just like christians most muslims here belong to different branches of the religion take for example the president himself was shot on our side is a follower of the our branch of islam who are a minority among a predominantly sunni population s
for syria's religious minorities are under threat. protests in syria start out with political slogans. and violence breaks out people come to blows over issues of faith not politics. with more than four thousand years of history damascus like the rest of syria has been home to multiple faith for centuries but with an increasing political unrest many are starting to wonder whether this could upset the delicate balance of religious tolerance in the country for now who is enjoying the quiet...
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and other nations locked into street protests is syria and you can find out what steps the gulf there is going to take to find a compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. we'll see still to come the list of your. country spurred by the debt contagion sweeping the economic bloc think twice over their aspirations to join a club. this week not three years since georgia launched its attack on the small republic of south the city of the five day war in which georgia try to regain control of its all territories claimed hundreds of innocent lives were moral services are being held across the republic with the biggest in south assesses capital involved hundreds of people came to light candles and pray for those who died in the conflict releasing white balloons and in memory r.t. has been a question of reports from the republic where the scars are still fresh from what happened in august two thousand and eight. i come here almost originally i sit and talk to my son so i know i will lie next to my dear boy. for the last three years stacey said nick has come to this cemetery in self-assertive
and other nations locked into street protests is syria and you can find out what steps the gulf there is going to take to find a compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. we'll see still to come the list of your. country spurred by the debt contagion sweeping the economic bloc think twice over their aspirations to join a club. this week not three years since georgia launched its attack on the small republic of south the city of the five day war in which georgia try to regain control of its...
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syria. i arrived in syria about a month before the protests started. in the past five months, those protests have grown slowly in size and they now extend across all of syria. the protesters demand respect for their basic rights, freedom of speech, freedom to march peacefully and they demand an end to corruption and above all they demand that their government treat them with dignity. i want to emphasize here, we talked about the arab spring in washington, the keyword is dignity. treating people with dignity. the government's response has been brutal. it has been outrageous. nearly 2,000 people have been killed by the syria security forces. thousands more arrested and held in barbaric conditions. one cannot but have admiration for the protesters' courage and their ingenuity in that they have stayed generally peaceful despite bullets, beatings and the constant risk of arrest and torture. in my five months there, sorry, six months, i have seen two principles in front of me, first to insist to t
syria. i arrived in syria about a month before the protests started. in the past five months, those protests have grown slowly in size and they now extend across all of syria. the protesters demand respect for their basic rights, freedom of speech, freedom to march peacefully and they demand an end to corruption and above all they demand that their government treat them with dignity. i want to emphasize here, we talked about the arab spring in washington, the keyword is dignity. treating people...
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ambassador to syria. keep this in mind -- >> the united nations high commissioner of human rights accused your government and i quote, of a pattern of human rights violations that constitutes widespread or systemic attacks against the civilian population which may amounts to crimes against humanity. they go on to say that you are intentionally going after children. they say children have not only been targeted by security forces, but they have been repeatedly subject to the same human rights and criminal violations including torture with no consideration for their vulnerable status. how can children be targeted and then returned to their parents? or do you deny that's happening? >> absolutely, the children are not targeted by the police neither by the army. but let me comment on what you have just said. the report of the high commissioner is unfounded and biassed. she didn't reflect any of my government's point of view in the report. shep didn't even go to syria. she just relied on reports coming from syr
ambassador to syria. keep this in mind -- >> the united nations high commissioner of human rights accused your government and i quote, of a pattern of human rights violations that constitutes widespread or systemic attacks against the civilian population which may amounts to crimes against humanity. they go on to say that you are intentionally going after children. they say children have not only been targeted by security forces, but they have been repeatedly subject to the same human...
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syria. i think president assad he spoke very clearly couple of days ago he wanted to reform not because he's formed because the country need reform but i think that if i had be just ask you know what why is it then you are saying that he is a reformer and he wants to reform but the protesters the people of that you rejected any gesture towards any measure of reform there and indeed if he does show some form of reformation when it be too little too late to keep the population happy. this at this point the external external promises from the west from the obama administration and. obama administration is scattering to republican in the house and in the senate and basically. our country one. of two to change that's why funneling money and weapons. to these people who finding the regime fall my estimate it doesn't matter what president assad does in common days or months if he doesn't control the securities in his country these as collusion will continue because somebody is pushing the pollen fr
syria. i think president assad he spoke very clearly couple of days ago he wanted to reform not because he's formed because the country need reform but i think that if i had be just ask you know what why is it then you are saying that he is a reformer and he wants to reform but the protesters the people of that you rejected any gesture towards any measure of reform there and indeed if he does show some form of reformation when it be too little too late to keep the population happy. this at this...
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upon his return to syria, he was missing. his wife contacted the authorities who confirmed that he was in their custody but would be released shortly. the next day, sakur's wife and daughter were interviewed by the authorities who again confirmed he would be released. two days later, his body was discovered in a village 20 miles south of the area. the authorities then denied that he was ever in their custody and claimed that they found his body in a ditch by the side of the road. his body was subjected to brutal torture. his bones were broken and his body was mutilated in unspeakable ways. sakur was not a political active it and was not involved in the demonstrations, his sole ofens is going to the medical conference and visiting with his brother. we honor his memory, sakur's memory by calling for democratic change in syria. we know that our allies across the arab logan in turkey league and in turkey have the pressure mr. assad. they have economic and diplomatic ties with syria that the united states does not have. i support
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or will it affect any of the actions they might take in syria. but i think libya has certainly affected a number of elements namely the russians inability to believe in the west when they say they want simply to stop killing the protesters as they did for gadhafi of course they turned it into more of a regime change there however i do think things in libya have changed a lot recently in the last couple of days even the roads to tunisia from libya from sort of in tripoli have been cut off so there is talk now of the because the regime under real pressure which does of course free up the west to increase its diplomatic pressure on syria but remember this all comes against the backdrop of the west saying very clearly that they know there's no military intervention possibility with syria that allows them to sort of run part of rhetoric as he called it without having to concern from the same level of commitment i think if the u.s. and its allies do get their wish and. what would the alternative actually be. but it's a really difficult question to be h
or will it affect any of the actions they might take in syria. but i think libya has certainly affected a number of elements namely the russians inability to believe in the west when they say they want simply to stop killing the protesters as they did for gadhafi of course they turned it into more of a regime change there however i do think things in libya have changed a lot recently in the last couple of days even the roads to tunisia from libya from sort of in tripoli have been cut off so...
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from aleutian in syria is fueled from the outside in. a civil war which will leave the country in shambles that's the opinion of a doctor in for him was a professor from the university in amman. i think that the nato alliance using some regional tools like turkey and the gulf cooperation council are working very hard to instigate instability in syria and this sort of instability will take a sectarian bent specifically they are working on agitating a civil war within syria and they want to call that evolution they have they want to but the purpose of such a war is to bring syria down to its knees to destroy syria like they did with iraq and libya of course the point is to recreate this syrian regime in the way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal regimes from. tomorrow. more than one hundred thousand worshippers have spilled into the streets of moscow to celebrate the end of the holy month of ramadan as muslims around the world mark the festival aid tens of thousands of muslims mosques aro
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syria -- i am certain that the opposition forces are in syria and yemen are going to be very much encouraged by what happened in libya. because, as i said, there is more than one way to overturn our regime. i think there was a pattern emerging that whereas it could happen peacefully and quickly in egypt and tunisia, then it can just not work. the libyans have shown that with some help they were able to overcome the regime. that does not mean things are going to be easy going forward. libya does not look like a perfect scenario, but it does create another model. already we are seeing things devolving a bit into what will be an armed conflict. it is not clear whether things will go that route in syria. but it is a possibility. it is a possibility in deed that the divisions of the syrian army will begin fighting each other. there is this fourth division that is close to come up -- close to the president's brother and is expected to remain largely loyal to him. we could see the syrian conflict, which has been going on for a long time and slowly spreading, becoming more divided, and i think that
syria -- i am certain that the opposition forces are in syria and yemen are going to be very much encouraged by what happened in libya. because, as i said, there is more than one way to overturn our regime. i think there was a pattern emerging that whereas it could happen peacefully and quickly in egypt and tunisia, then it can just not work. the libyans have shown that with some help they were able to overcome the regime. that does not mean things are going to be easy going forward. libya does...
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syria. thank you so much reporting live from the libyan capital that was independent journalist his information. more on the violence elsewhere in the region just ahead as our tease and international reports on the latest from syria. what is the syrian army i live in the city or. the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the weirdos. cross border violence has soared in the middle east this week with israel launching airstrikes in gaza which fought back with dozens of rocket attacks israeli led assault killed fifteen people leading hamas to call off the defacto ceasefire but it puts out exchanges began four days ago following a series of attacks in which eight israelis were killed near the egyptian border israel pin the blame on a gaza based group called the popular resistance committee although it's tonight responsibility israeli government is reportedly considering a ground offen
syria. thank you so much reporting live from the libyan capital that was independent journalist his information. more on the violence elsewhere in the region just ahead as our tease and international reports on the latest from syria. what is the syrian army i live in the city or. the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the weirdos. cross border violence has soared in the middle...
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generally public opinion it really is syria which is committed to secular. muslim society. well it is not a situation very similar to libya whereby there is no real clear understanding of who makes up the opposition so if president assad wants to quit who is actually waiting in the wings to take over but that i think what we have to understand is that president assad has very strong plug in to support as as i could by the mass rallies pro-government rallies which happened in the last couple of months and what is happening is. actions essentially by islamists supported by outside forces we know that that's the case we know that they was that they were incursions from from turkey and jolt and so on. where not dealing with a peaceful protest movement way of dealing with we're dealing with a confrontation between government and an insurrection on the one hand and the forces. of the military of the police so this could also yes i think we also have let me just quickly also offer you your painting that background that if a sad was to full then that would lead to civil war wouldn'
generally public opinion it really is syria which is committed to secular. muslim society. well it is not a situation very similar to libya whereby there is no real clear understanding of who makes up the opposition so if president assad wants to quit who is actually waiting in the wings to take over but that i think what we have to understand is that president assad has very strong plug in to support as as i could by the mass rallies pro-government rallies which happened in the last couple of...
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syria. it is a syrian army i live in the city of there as so near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the song just as the waiters. cross border violence a sword in the middle east this week with israel launching airstrikes in gaza which for back with dozens of rocket attacks is really led assault killed fifteen people leading hamas to call off the defacto ceasefire the tit for tat exchanges began four days ago following a series of attacks in which eight israelis were killed near the egyptian border israel pin the blame on a gaza based group called the popular resistance committee although it's denying responsibility israeli government is reportedly considering a ground offensive inside gaza but as artie's pull the report from tel aviv many there believe the escalating violence could be used to divert attention from israel's domestics problems. thousands of people are marching here i
syria. it is a syrian army i live in the city of there as so near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the song just as the waiters. cross border violence a sword in the middle east this week with israel launching airstrikes in gaza which for back with dozens of rocket attacks is really led assault killed fifteen people leading hamas to call off the defacto ceasefire the tit for tat...
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that included syria. while they sent on a voice there, -- envoys there, they never quite got around to naming an ambassador. there were always looking for some -- for syria to give us something tangible that would justify sending an ambassador. it was not and the cards at all. in the end, we did send an ambassador, in december of last year. the good years -- the good news, we got the appointment right. we sent a very good man to do a top job and he has been doing it in admirable fashion. we also have been fortunate in having others who know syria well over the years to have been involved in advising senior levels of the administration. i believe that the obama administration has been right to be cautious in how it has approached all this. maybe they were misguided and the beginning in thinking that he would be chastened by the offensive dialogue and would leave the movement and help syria to a soft landing. i do not think chris james go around killing their own citizens if -- regimes go around killing the
that included syria. while they sent on a voice there, -- envoys there, they never quite got around to naming an ambassador. there were always looking for some -- for syria to give us something tangible that would justify sending an ambassador. it was not and the cards at all. in the end, we did send an ambassador, in december of last year. the good years -- the good news, we got the appointment right. we sent a very good man to do a top job and he has been doing it in admirable fashion. we...
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russia cautions against international calls for change in syria saying the president on sunday time to implement promised changes. most who says the syrian regime needs time to implement promised changes and should be given the chance to sort out his political future before more join me in response to the from damascus in just a few moments. passed its twenty years to the day since the attempted coup by a group of hardline communists against nicole go to help bring about the end of the soviet union. and swimming is in russia's far east a group fights terror off to cheat people with stoppage by shots in today's attacks that have never been seen before. very warm welcome to you this is our see a live from moscow stocks in europe have plummeted sharply after a similar falls in asia investors are growing more anxious about the european financial situation and its leaders ability to resolve the debt crisis and as aussies have done to push a report this all comes of it new fears that the world economy may be on the verge of another recession. you're picking up where the us left off on thursd
russia cautions against international calls for change in syria saying the president on sunday time to implement promised changes. most who says the syrian regime needs time to implement promised changes and should be given the chance to sort out his political future before more join me in response to the from damascus in just a few moments. passed its twenty years to the day since the attempted coup by a group of hardline communists against nicole go to help bring about the end of the soviet...
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. >> any specific actions by syria? >> on syria and we see what i can tell you. what i said yesterday i think made clear our views of this. through his own actions the syrian president is insuring that he will be left in the past in the courageous syrian people who have demonstrated in the streets will determine the country's future. it has become very clear around the world that the actions place syria and the region on a dangerous path. he is on his way out, and as the ambassador said, we all need to be thinking about the day after the syrian president. because syria's 23 million citizens already are. >> any observations on the domestic turmoil in israel? >> i did not have any comments on that. i refer you to the state department. >> on syria you have condemned the syrian regime, but can you elaborate on that? the second question, senator lindsey graham are good there should be regional pressure on the syrian president. can you please tell us, the think turkey will work further on this? >> turkey is a close ally and partner and we're working with them to put pr
. >> any specific actions by syria? >> on syria and we see what i can tell you. what i said yesterday i think made clear our views of this. through his own actions the syrian president is insuring that he will be left in the past in the courageous syrian people who have demonstrated in the streets will determine the country's future. it has become very clear around the world that the actions place syria and the region on a dangerous path. he is on his way out, and as the ambassador...
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syria matters. what happens next hopefully is other countries, turkey, egypt, saudi arabia, will follow suit. if russia and china would cooperate more on the u.n. security council for a hardcore resolution to repudiate the syrian regime, that would be consequential. but this country is a very important country. it's a neighbor to israel and iraq. an ally of iran and hamas and hezbollah, so obviously the administration now is trying to focus international pressure. it's almost always better when the united states acts with multilaterally with other countries rather than alone, that's why i think, john, you saw the obama administration wait several weeks longer than many thought they would to take the step today. >> you heard from arwa damon and she's keeping touch with the brave souls who say morally they don't feel alone. what is your sense from your friends inside syria and the community, what difference might it make for the result from the demonstrators? >> i heard from friends and activists insi
syria matters. what happens next hopefully is other countries, turkey, egypt, saudi arabia, will follow suit. if russia and china would cooperate more on the u.n. security council for a hardcore resolution to repudiate the syrian regime, that would be consequential. but this country is a very important country. it's a neighbor to israel and iraq. an ally of iran and hamas and hezbollah, so obviously the administration now is trying to focus international pressure. it's almost always better when...
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syria's president. for contempt of court. if. a group of muslims try to. enforce tougher shari'a law in london opening a new front of multicultural tension in europe. just after six pm on friday here in the russian capital this is r.t. and a first to our breaking news this hour a ukrainian court has ordered the arrest of the high profile opposition politician and former prime minister yulia timoshenko she's been on trial since june for allegedly exceeding her authority while signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine but was during her time in office as the country's prime minister she has been arrested now for contempt of court accused of obstructing the questioning of witnesses prosecutors say her alleged crimes cost the country over one hundred fifty million dollars to a child who was one of the leaders of the orange revolution that later plunged the country into political chaos when the alliance broke up and we're hearing that her supporters attacked the police vehicle which took her from the court later today we'll be joined live by our co
syria's president. for contempt of court. if. a group of muslims try to. enforce tougher shari'a law in london opening a new front of multicultural tension in europe. just after six pm on friday here in the russian capital this is r.t. and a first to our breaking news this hour a ukrainian court has ordered the arrest of the high profile opposition politician and former prime minister yulia timoshenko she's been on trial since june for allegedly exceeding her authority while signing gas deals...
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by the crackdown on protesters in syria is picking up pace with reports government forces have regime storming the opposition stronghold of hama around one hundred forty people are said to have been killed over the past few days in the country pressures also mounting at the un security council to take action that could help stop the violence but so far the members of the council have been unable to reach consensus russia which has a permanent seat on the council says it's western partners are targeting a president bashar al assad's regime moscow wants a more balanced approach that will push the warring sides in syria towards dialogue artie's but in a fortnight or reports. the united nations security council wrapped up their second day of consultations surrounding the violence in syria with what many believe is at least a draft text that each member of the security council will now bring back to their respective capitals there is a divide among security council members on where the condemnation lies the u.s. and its western allies believe there should be a direct condemnation against t
by the crackdown on protesters in syria is picking up pace with reports government forces have regime storming the opposition stronghold of hama around one hundred forty people are said to have been killed over the past few days in the country pressures also mounting at the un security council to take action that could help stop the violence but so far the members of the council have been unable to reach consensus russia which has a permanent seat on the council says it's western partners are...
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and she's strong statements calling on syria's president to step down just as he announces the hopes to all military operations of the country. the un security council's consider is allowing the international criminal court to prosecute syrian officials for crimes against humanity details coming up from new york. is rolled onto the edge of a station a strike in gaza in retaliation for a string of deadly shootout in the part of the country killing me police here in a few moments. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow britain has sentenced two young men to four years behind bars after their facebook posts they said were a joke on others to cause trouble in their home towns now human rights groups is sounding the alarm saying the courts are overreacting by dishing out penalties which are far too harsh for bennett reports as part of the political drive for tough justice in the wake of the looting in disorder across england. four years behind bars for the riot that didn't even happen jordan black sure and perry sutcliffe kenan were banged up for inciting disorder on fac
and she's strong statements calling on syria's president to step down just as he announces the hopes to all military operations of the country. the un security council's consider is allowing the international criminal court to prosecute syrian officials for crimes against humanity details coming up from new york. is rolled onto the edge of a station a strike in gaza in retaliation for a string of deadly shootout in the part of the country killing me police here in a few moments. a very warm...
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mission strong statement calling on syria's president assad to step down. as the home to all military operations in the country and the un is preparing to pull on the international criminal court to investigate the regime's nice profit on pretense to us. and israel launches their strike in gaza killing at least seven in retaliation for a string of deadly shootout in the south of the country.
mission strong statement calling on syria's president assad to step down. as the home to all military operations in the country and the un is preparing to pull on the international criminal court to investigate the regime's nice profit on pretense to us. and israel launches their strike in gaza killing at least seven in retaliation for a string of deadly shootout in the south of the country.
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i want to see more democratic syria where you could really put the western policies on. this is a problem that syrians have to so it will be else it's not up for a couple of british couple u.s. government anybody else trying to it's appearance at a serious problems right now as we're discussing earlier the west at the moment is rolling out military interference on syria the french foreign minister when i was not ruled out the u.n. issuing a stronger statement or a resolution against the syrian government if the crisis unfolds or what will that do i think would only make things worse i mean i think we're going to be pressing aspects of international terrorism us in the last three years has been when france has gone from being a response to quite peacefully with the international community into the sort of. seems to be influenced by neo cons and it was very hawkish and they're taking a very good. syria i think i mean who would have been speaking of this one i think what we want is the western powers to. let syrians themselves all right. live from oxford many thanks indeed
i want to see more democratic syria where you could really put the western policies on. this is a problem that syrians have to so it will be else it's not up for a couple of british couple u.s. government anybody else trying to it's appearance at a serious problems right now as we're discussing earlier the west at the moment is rolling out military interference on syria the french foreign minister when i was not ruled out the u.n. issuing a stronger statement or a resolution against the syrian...
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bbc news. >> from syria to egypt. today there were protests outside the court and chaos within at the second appearance of former egyptian president hosni mubarak. the 82-year-old was brought in on a stretcher and kept in a cage with his sons. they stand trial for the killing of protesters during february's uprising. struggling to keep order, the judge adjourned the hearing for three weeks, and ruled that future proceedings will not be televised. our middle east editor reports. >> the trial is at what used to be called the mubarak police academy on the edge of cairo. the police were expecting trouble. so were mubarak opponents, who brought their own rocks. the former president's supporters were on the other side of police lines. we don't want mubarak humiliated, she said. that humiliates all egyptians. he was wheeled in, old and ill. this has been compulsive tv across the arab world. one of his sons, once a prince of the regime, now in prison whites, tried to spoil the fun. there are more than 100 unruly, noisy lawyer
bbc news. >> from syria to egypt. today there were protests outside the court and chaos within at the second appearance of former egyptian president hosni mubarak. the 82-year-old was brought in on a stretcher and kept in a cage with his sons. they stand trial for the killing of protesters during february's uprising. struggling to keep order, the judge adjourned the hearing for three weeks, and ruled that future proceedings will not be televised. our middle east editor reports. >>...
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to give a lot of good senior to syria so do you. and the syriac could be a good medium between you and iran for example so between russia. i think everybody preferred. it professor pierre five from brussels thank you very much for your analysis. well next hour we have more on the situation in syria and the arab world when we talk to iraq's foreign minister. do stay with us for that next hour right now here with a live business update for you. welcome to business r.t. russian markets took an enormous hit on monday the r.t.s. is down almost eight percent my six five and a half percent at the close the biggest one day fall in three years reverses have been mirrored in markets around the world traders have been reacting to the downgrade of american dead on friday and concerns over europe's ability to get out of its merits. the situation is clearing nothing short of a panic we have seen a somewhat panicky mood in the markets last week and luckily we had forty eight hours today just the s. and p. downgrade over the weekend we seem quite v
to give a lot of good senior to syria so do you. and the syriac could be a good medium between you and iran for example so between russia. i think everybody preferred. it professor pierre five from brussels thank you very much for your analysis. well next hour we have more on the situation in syria and the arab world when we talk to iraq's foreign minister. do stay with us for that next hour right now here with a live business update for you. welcome to business r.t. russian markets took an...
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out if you fail to do that then a sound future awaits president warns syria's president of the siege of an opposition held city continues more protests are expected after friday prayers. a slum. is on stability of a group of hardliners muslims try to enforce tougher show real law in london opening a new front of multicultural tension in europe. worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. with me rory some shine markets around the world are on the slide slowing u.s. economy and e.u. debt crisis center financial through investors this is the sharpest fall since two thousand and eight and raises the specter of another wave of global recession more on this i'm joined now live by the gun you push all these off following the markets from brussels hi daniel so it looks like the markets in europe are heading for the fall now what is driving the fallout of this point. well the euro spreading to new countries france and belgium on next day yields have hit record highs against germany's. services authority has asked british banks to reveal how much they hold them on fears that that country cou
out if you fail to do that then a sound future awaits president warns syria's president of the siege of an opposition held city continues more protests are expected after friday prayers. a slum. is on stability of a group of hardliners muslims try to enforce tougher show real law in london opening a new front of multicultural tension in europe. worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. with me rory some shine markets around the world are on the slide slowing u.s. economy and e.u. debt crisis...
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hearty syria. journalist neil clark says the west is not really interested in peace and syria he thinks all it wants is to gain influence in the region but the u.s. and its allies really want regime change in syria and they're not really generally interested in ending the terrible situation of the. dialogue between both sides and that's the reason it happened today because we had present sad said that it was going to small two party system in syria he said gratian suggests your position. and what do we get silly us a welder that's good that's a good move we get these course for him to step down and the great crime of the assad regime in those countries eyes really is its foreign policy it is friendly with iran he has gone into russia and the aim of the game is to try to remove assad from power and it's another kind of regime there and syria would have a more progress to life and while syrians celebrate the ousting of rebels from some parts of the country quite a different scenario is that helping i
hearty syria. journalist neil clark says the west is not really interested in peace and syria he thinks all it wants is to gain influence in the region but the u.s. and its allies really want regime change in syria and they're not really generally interested in ending the terrible situation of the. dialogue between both sides and that's the reason it happened today because we had present sad said that it was going to small two party system in syria he said gratian suggests your position. and...
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syria. the west has been mounting pressure on president assad for his crackdown against protesters but also his correspondent and many are happy to see the government stop the demonstrators also. the crowds on the ground this is an exciting spectacle but that's not quite the emotion that's going from my mind at the moment because i'm about to see what happens from inside the cockpit. all the thrills of some spectacular stunts on the final day of the max international mission. still to come this hour but first violence has flared up again in the middle east with israel and gaza exchanging fire since thursday and that says it's called off it seems far with the jewish state due to the continuing occupation of palestinian lands more than ten people have been killed after three days of attacks on each side israeli government is reported to be considering a possible ground offensive inside gaza with one hundred twenty members of hamas already said to have been arrested in the west bank that is isr
syria. the west has been mounting pressure on president assad for his crackdown against protesters but also his correspondent and many are happy to see the government stop the demonstrators also. the crowds on the ground this is an exciting spectacle but that's not quite the emotion that's going from my mind at the moment because i'm about to see what happens from inside the cockpit. all the thrills of some spectacular stunts on the final day of the max international mission. still to come this...
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enough is enough moscow says bloodshed in syria must and immediately and once the opposition not to stray from political dialogue if it truly believes that a peaceful state. surviving on the scraps while u.s. carmakers who once received bailout certain now reaping the rewards more and more locals into detroit are forced to deal in scrap just to make ends meet. or real out of this world experience a russian built orbital hotel is due to be put into space in just five years but those with cash to splash with a perfect view. it's just after six pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r t now efforts are underway in libya to try to restore water and electricity supplies in tripoli rebel leaders have asked nato countries to protect their teams trying to repair basic services well they've also once again rejected the possibility of holding talks with one market off the marquis's maybe if an option that is in the capital where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. what we're hearing here in tripoli from the rubbles makes their position absolutely clear they will no be any negotiations w
enough is enough moscow says bloodshed in syria must and immediately and once the opposition not to stray from political dialogue if it truly believes that a peaceful state. surviving on the scraps while u.s. carmakers who once received bailout certain now reaping the rewards more and more locals into detroit are forced to deal in scrap just to make ends meet. or real out of this world experience a russian built orbital hotel is due to be put into space in just five years but those with cash to...
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these acts of violence against the people of syria are unacceptable. it's a regime that no longer has legitimacy at all because of those acts of violence. i guess i ask you, i know that the prime minister has been clear and i think very strong in his statements as it relates to what's been happening in syria. i ask you to reflect upon and give us your sense of what turkey's perspective is on the violence, what turkey can do in the near term to put pressure on the regime and how turkey can be a constructive force within the region on this central question. >> senator, thank you for that question. we have been engaged with the prime minister directly, i personally have taken a message to him from president obama, the president has spoken with him, the secretary did just a couple of weeks ago. they have all had syria very high on their scope because as i point out, as important as egypt and tunisia and libya all are in their transitions, turkey shares an 800-plus kilometer board we are syria. there are family relationships, an important trading relationsh
these acts of violence against the people of syria are unacceptable. it's a regime that no longer has legitimacy at all because of those acts of violence. i guess i ask you, i know that the prime minister has been clear and i think very strong in his statements as it relates to what's been happening in syria. i ask you to reflect upon and give us your sense of what turkey's perspective is on the violence, what turkey can do in the near term to put pressure on the regime and how turkey can be a...
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down to its knees to destroy syria like they did with. libya of course the point is to recreate this scene and regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal regimes from saudi arabia tomorrow. here at r t still to come this hour a financial blame game. the market needs a great many ball of tile we just crossed the main you will only go crossed probably e.u. policy makers accused the markets of threatening the euro zone recovery experts point the finger at politicians themselves and their indecision. but a multi-billion dollar war chest wasted by the u.s. we look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan went and asked experts if there's more bad news to come. nine people have been confirmed dead after three suicide bombings hit the capital of process southern republic of chechnya twenty people have also been wounded in the blast two of the terrorists have been identified with one of them being the brother of a suicide bomber who blew himself up in the
down to its knees to destroy syria like they did with. libya of course the point is to recreate this scene and regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal regimes from saudi arabia tomorrow. here at r t still to come this hour a financial blame game. the market needs a great many ball of tile we just crossed the main you will only go crossed probably e.u. policy makers accused the markets of threatening the euro zone recovery experts...
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syria. journalist new york clark says the west is not really interested in peace and syria he thinks all it wants is to gain influence in the region what the u.s. and its allies really want is regime change in syria and they're not really generally interested in ending the terrible situation we are in dialogue between both sides and that's the reason it's happening today because we had present sad said that it was a multi-party system in syria he said gratian so get your position. and hear what we get instead of us saying well that's good that's a good move we get these calls for him to step down and the great crime of the assad regime in those countries or is really as its foreign policy it is friendly with iran and russia and the aim of the game is to try to remove assad and install another kind of regime there and syria would have more progress to line this week the trial of the former egyptian president hosni mubarak continued in egypt the judge ruled that the hearings will no longer be
syria. journalist new york clark says the west is not really interested in peace and syria he thinks all it wants is to gain influence in the region what the u.s. and its allies really want is regime change in syria and they're not really generally interested in ending the terrible situation we are in dialogue between both sides and that's the reason it's happening today because we had present sad said that it was a multi-party system in syria he said gratian so get your position. and hear what...
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syria is next door. in an interview in the wall street journal, i do not think bashar realizes that something will be prepared and launched on march 15. not even any of the syrian experts will come close to a vote. they say it is a dead case brigit when i studied the eastern european experiences, i applied the model to syria. i remember my professor asking me why i was wasting my time. apparently i was not wasting my time. >> i would agree with ausama. it is amazing that the syrian demonstrators have been as peaceful as they have. obviously, as pointed out, there have been some who did revenge killings. there have certainly been some credible reports of officers having been killed in ambushes. but it is not widespread. the regime would probably like nothing better than for a significant minority of the demonstrators to take up arms because that would give them a license to really go crazy. they would be inviting in the foreign press and saying, "see? we told you that this was going on." it is in nobody's
syria is next door. in an interview in the wall street journal, i do not think bashar realizes that something will be prepared and launched on march 15. not even any of the syrian experts will come close to a vote. they say it is a dead case brigit when i studied the eastern european experiences, i applied the model to syria. i remember my professor asking me why i was wasting my time. apparently i was not wasting my time. >> i would agree with ausama. it is amazing that the syrian...
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she didn't even go to syria. she just relied on reports coming from syrian refugees in south turkey. >> sir, you yourself said no international commission needed to come to syria or was allowed to come to syria because your government was perfectly capable of being transparent and doing your own investigations. that does not seem to be true. >> absolutely. i'm sticking to my words. we are not talking about the commission coming from geneva. we have aloud after the presidential statement adopted by security council we have allowed mission, humanitarian mission from ocha. >> syria's ambassador to the united nations on this program. after not allowing human rights delegation into syria. despite whatever he says and whatever his fancy suit and all his talk, he did not allow -- they did not allow -- the government there did not allow a delegation back into syria. then the assad regime reluctantly allowed a humanitarian mission to visit. we got a statement" while there's no country-wide humanitarian crisis, basically t
she didn't even go to syria. she just relied on reports coming from syrian refugees in south turkey. >> sir, you yourself said no international commission needed to come to syria or was allowed to come to syria because your government was perfectly capable of being transparent and doing your own investigations. that does not seem to be true. >> absolutely. i'm sticking to my words. we are not talking about the commission coming from geneva. we have aloud after the presidential...
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investigators that this report did find that the syrian government and security forces in syria have carried out a pattern of human rights violations since mid march when anti-government protesters took to the street calling for the resignation of the syrian president bashir al assad and security council members were briefed about what u.n. investigators did find this report accuses the syrian government and security forces of carrying out numerous summary executions kidnapping and torture over the past five months and also u.n. investigators are encouraging security council members to refer this issue to the international criminal court to the un is planning to send a humanitarian team to syria on monday no u.n. investigators were not allowed inside syria to to see what is going on inside the country but maybe this weekend things will change and of course this meeting happening within the security council is just the latest blow to syria we do know the u.s. president barack obama came out calling for president assad to step down this was the first time that was vocalized by the u.s.
investigators that this report did find that the syrian government and security forces in syria have carried out a pattern of human rights violations since mid march when anti-government protesters took to the street calling for the resignation of the syrian president bashir al assad and security council members were briefed about what u.n. investigators did find this report accuses the syrian government and security forces of carrying out numerous summary executions kidnapping and torture over...